Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-06-01

known forces OF = ruin 70 pTefent SsslSie
metes and bounds.
Our fathers established principles as
broad - the infnite-ths doctrine OF
liberty, which placed an eternity Of move
ment before man. but they hedged it 10
With the limits Of human foresight
With the massive logic Of Webster, and
| the blood Of . great civil war, our ances-
tors and the gray haired statesmen Of this
| country have thought the landmarks once
and for sIl erected. They have watched
the growth Of the country towards its con-
/ fnes, and wherever the spirit of energy
has tried to reach beyond. and has pushed
st The firm walls Of this house Of liberty,
thew have ssked us to believe il was an
unnatural an unhealthful growth OF the
body polite, and not rather the evidence
OF the forthcoming OF ststesmenship. the
present proof Of the improper Limitation
Of Development in one direction, and its
wrongful extension in another.
The body polite, a. made up OF the
gres. masses of the people. has no unnat-
ursl growth, but 9 maturity as uniform &c
the Law Of cause and effect. That matur.
ity cannot be checked. Resistance to il
means internal revolution, and q final
triumph of its truths.
The statesmen of Greece were deaf to
the mutterings Of the multitudes, and
failed to recognize In the national dis.
ouietude the proof Of their inability to
formulate principles suited TO the develop
ment of the nation. Confident that the
people could not outstrip the strength OF
| Government, they ignored q Law of growth
superior to all forces, and the Athenian
Democracy lasted a little more than Q cen
fury.
Rome could not disregard the com.
planning voice Of the common people, but
sought to stife the popular clsmor by
pampering their minds and bodies with
public ~fessts, rations OF bread, and glsdis
torial shows.
Thus far q while lulling TO sleep the
fierce natural resistance TO their still
unappeAsed wrongs, which ultimately
worked her ruin and reduced the Republic
Of Rome to Q worse ~despotism than ths
one from which she sprung.
For years q spirit Of unrest was presenf
in the French Government. But hel
leaders were silent. The tongue Of fact
was powerless in its appeals, and onll
when the Government had gone down in
dark night of blood and inhumanity, die
she star of q government suited to thu
progress of the people rise over the land
Of the French.
The arguments OF those lost nations fsl
lightly upon the minds Of the living polit
ical leaders.
The English and Russian Empires, tn,
first and second of the world in area, arr
steeling their hearts against the struggl
ing ambition OF the people, and are givinG
the intellects of their counselors to seal
ing down and lettering the development o
l tho thorohk and livaz NJ the nommnp nG0
pie to 9 scope of laws whose breath lie o
tue atmosphere of antiquity. Satisfied
with their own superiority, these sam
} wise men cry out against all attempts o
the people to shake off the letters OF theil
/ surroundings. Not observing the higl
I hopes and aims of the people. the vigor o
their extended thoughts and ~reasonings
they are slow TO every change, and would
: make the constitution q Procrustean bed
r to which they would restrict the needs o
the people, as Procrusteus OF old fttet
wayfsrers to his iron bed, stretching GU
: the limbs OF the short and looping OF
; from the limbs OF those who extended be
yond its limits.
Fooll they believe not that the laws of
nation must be az extensive as the caps
> bilities of its subjects, they know not tn
firm root out OF which they all grow int
; power, nor will they p~receive the nation
; peril until they see the multitudes Of tn,
! people cutting through every angle o
! their ill-deYised and unsstisfying constitu
ton.
Here in America we are not all content
: ment, not all security. Already murmur
? ings OF dissension are heard from th
masses Of the people, and muttering o
I dissatisfaction with the results of labor
. strong arguments that the Governmet i
: not perfect in its workings. We ma,
] deceive ourselves with the idea that al
> labor troubles of the people are the pro
, duct of the moral condition OF the com
: munity. and not the results of the short
comings of the laws and constitution o
the country.
Other nations nave been and now ar,
deluded with the same hsllucination.
>, But 9 comparison OF history will SHOW
! that those deep undercurrents OF opposi
ton are only present when the avs of
country have made possible the existenc
OF institutions opposed to the products o
industry. In our practical application o.
the theory Of government we mistake thu
|, word labor and narrow the word capita
to Q moneyed basis. Primarily all capita
is vested in labor, and all wealth ii
) materlaiiZed labor. Its proper protection
Is the end of sill government.
Relaxation in that direction furnishes
the most powerful motive for q new order
Of things, and gives birth to such complex
ity Of industrial forces a. now threatens
the United States. What lines of the con-
stitution. what page or sections Of the
laws have produced inequality in the re-
suit OF two equal investments, the one in
the capital Of labor, the other in wealth, il
would be difficult to point out. But that
some exterior force Of political law has
thrust labor from its former position, the
riots and strikes Of the present decade are
unanswersble arguments. The solution
cannot be found in the unnatural deprav-
ity of the social system, nor ascribed to an
increase Of socialistic characteristics.
The people are seldom wrong. They act
from direct knowledge OF unrewarded
energy, and their united movement to-
day are warnings TO the American states
men. They relate to the great industries
Of the country and can neither be put
aside. nor crushed by Congressional laws
which brand as felony the laboriRg
mans fight for an equal footing. The err
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